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in the photograph.
An exchange remarks: ''It Is GER
ainly funny TO hear a business man
Rowling about home industry when he
uses rubber stamp to make the most
horrible daubs Oh letter heads and cards
by which nice white paper is spoiled.
a great many mems idea of patroniziDg
h.'iue industries Is for some one else 10
do it,"
"A little boy ran away from home,
abd while enjoyin ing himself in forbid
Gru fields. thunder storm came up,
aud 1t began To hail. HIS guilty con-
s;leuce needed no accuseI. Returning
home, he burst into the presence of his
asionisheG mamma, exclaiming breath
lesSiy Ma, ma, Gods fTowing stones
at me ~
1t is said the exclamation RATS ~
originated several years ago at thea
ire ia Chicago where lot OF raw Ital-
ian ballet girls were dancing. They
were awlully afraid OF rats and mice,
and it was the favorite pastime OF the
American me mbers of the company to
tiishten the ballerinis by yelling "Rats!'
at them as they stood in the wings
waiting TO go On, and then enjoy thrir
shouts of horror. By and by the word
came into use as term of derision for
false alarm and the street got hold of
it.
How many toes has cat P" This
was one of the questions asked a certain
class during examining week, and
simple as the question appears to be,
none could answer it. In the emergency
the principal was applied to for solu-
tiOD, and he also, with a gOOd-natured
smile, gave it up, when one of the
teachers, determined not to be beaten
by simple question, hit on the idea of
sending out delegation of boys to scour
the neighboThoOd for cat. When this
idea was announced the whole class
wanted to JOIN It the hunt. Several
boys went out and soOD returned success
fui. A'returning board was at once ap-
pointed and the toes counted. when TO
the relief of all it was learned that cat
possesses eighteen toes, ten on the front
and eight on the hind feet.
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1t is said by contemporary that a
game called gossip" played with the
I'D carte de v;site' photographs, is
having a run now. You shuttle and
deal them out, and every one in the
parry tells everything mean that can be
thought of about the person represented
in The photograph.
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A MOUNTS DUE FROM CoNsTABLEs.-

lsS2-Henry temmer. JohnstOwn, 7th VS. 81 p
lSS3-E. b Mccartney, f. CoRemaugh.. 80 ~
Henry StemmeT .IonnstOwn 4th W. 81 IL
p. X Miller, JOhnstown, 9Th w. p %
George ID. Pringle. Wilmore -......... 20
1SS4-feorge f Krug, Barr township. Il 81
ID. II. Jones Cambria township. Il 6l
lss5-AUgustine YOst C9rroll township. 81 45
George SoUlsJy. Clearfield twp. lTO 9s
]. A. TroXell, Portage tOwL ship-.y. 76 -
John n. Strayer, Summerhill twp. 73 SO
1865. b. Edmist0n. Barr tOwnship...... Il IS
James NJ. Kelly. Cambria lst W so IS
John A. Jones, Cambria towns ship 90 L
Il. A. DelOZier. CaTrOlltOwL............ 81 OS
/. J. WeaEland, Carroll township. 2S3 IS
George ". Krise. Chest twp - So Il
Stephen A. Cooper. Clearteld twp. 163 3S
Caleb Butler. COOpersda le-............ IS
A H Penrod. CroyIe township. 2Og %
Jacob A. Kline, Elder township. p o.
John B. Murphy, Franklin BOr.... Is 81
George Gutwald. GaliitZin BOr.-.. 70 80
A. J. Berkey, GrubbtOwn BoT-...... - 81
=. r. Miller, JohnstOwn. 9th W.. 81 81
r. r. Mullen, Portage township. 81 60
Henry Eichensehr Prospect BOr... IS u
Silas Baldwin. St)nycreek twp. 1888 -
John n. Strayer, Summerhill twp. Z23 s.
VIM. A Rager, Susquehanna twp sol %
Hiram Kemerer Taylor f. twp. so 81
&. G. Ford, West. towns hip............ 127 -
Samuel Huey. ST.. Tunnelhill....... 81 81
Chas. :. Haynes, Upper Toder twp, 33 -
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA, |
FROM TPI
4th day of January. 1856, to thC 3rd
day of January, 1857.
ALEX. STACKHOUSE, TREASURER, DIs

ALEX. STACKHOUSE. TREASURER DR.
last settiemenJ................. l,417 90
To amount received from miscellAne-
Gus sources -. 1923 IL
Of lands - .............iY...... es5 80
To amount received from seated and
unseated lands. - -. ...,....... 1880 Os
To amount received from constables
FOR 1885 and previous -.......-.......... 25lI %
To amount of duplicate for 1855 ....... $3.50 81
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GIVEN under cur hRnds, at the Comm mtssioner's
ONCE, a. Ehensburg. this 9th day Of Is anuary
II
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JOHN KIRBY
JAMES COSTLOW. Commissioners.
DAVID HAMILTON,
Attest-D. a. MCfoUGH, tjlerk.
WE, the undersigned, Auditors of Cambria
county respectfully report that we have carefully
examined the vouchers and accounts OF the Re
ceipts and Expenditures of said county, from the
4th day of January, 1885, to the 3rd day of Janu-
ary 1887 and find them as stated, also the foreeo-
ing statement of Assets Bnd Liabilities Of said
county.
GIVEN under our hands at the Commissioners
Office in Ebensburg, this Z7th day OF January,
A. d. 1887. - -.
q b. COVER. Auditors.
PATRICK O'DOWD. y
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
Accom- mo,lation of Passengers.

There is always some important ques-
ton connected with railroad travel For
long time il was the coupler that kept
inventors busy New il il the accommO-
dation of passengers, suggested by the
close competition. Leaving out the qucs-
tion of sleeping ears, which are generally
in the hands of private and separate cor
porasiOns, the railroads to-day are seeking
II chair that will free travellers who 20 "a
long distance from feeling the tedium of
remaining in the same position for hours.
That the present straight back double
bench is behind the times j. conceded. but
the question of u substitute has not been
settled, and railroads are making practi-
cal tests. There are many inventions to
meet the demand. and the Improvement
in the ideas of chair travel has been won
derfnl. IL Is bur question of time when
every first class pas rngCr ear VIII contain
reclining chains tlE.t WI adjust them
selves 10 suit the PASS cn,~cr'a Curliurt and
there will he no a;.vJut2 .C~, in rtIin +; in a
sleeping cEr.-E y Gillian in Globe
DEF ,DCrat.
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First Lessons in Painting.

y celebrated miniature painter who was
usually hart up sometimes consented
{" take u Pupl ~ Heb, initiate he cash
account, thou"h r.uch against Iii, in
chndtiun y wealthy gentleman called ut
the studio one clay and begged the artist
Ia take his son, a Young man Of III. "a
pupil promising To- pay handsomely for
the instruction The hoy was admitted
for the sake of the money il would bring
but. much To the painter disgust, il WIS
discovered that he knew absolutely moth
ing OF the first principles of drawing
The young man sat around for half an
hour the first morning, watching the
master at work, much to the latter
annoyance, and finally Ventured to ask
that he be given something Ia do
"All right! all right the artist
replied, going 10 "a closet and returning
with a pair of muddy boots and a black
ing brush. Here, black these boots
young man; il will give You breadth -
Boston Record.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
Costumes of African Chiefs.

As for the costumes Cr complies of
the native chiefs, a Kind Of ballet danctr's
petticoat ot Iilthy grass. perhaps the least
said about them the better. there being.
indeed, 50 little 10 say anything about
These garments become beautifully less
as one goes farther into the int riur. as
summing the proportions of a miniature
Masonic apron, and finally dwndlinG into
nothingneSS. But the method Of convert
ing bark into cloth, though So well
known. is really m interesting process. as
shown in Capt storms collection He
possesses n strip of common bark, tibruUs
and woody. of which all the lower part
has been ElOsteued and beaten until il has
spread itself out into about TWO square
yards of tough, leathery, flexible sub
stance. something like blacksmith :
apron The natives do understand kind
of coarse. primitive weaving Of thu cotton
fibre into a rough. canvas like texture,
but the bark cloth is the most easily
made, and therefore the most in vogue
Chicago Tribune.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29

Three trains % weeu jacksonville aud sam
ford. M change OF carr between Jackson
vile and TAMPA.
ILc l2.3up .. m. cuban fast mail Tram awaits
the arrival OF the fast mail from the AOith.
and stoEs only al the principal stations and
al Lemon street, Palutkn, making connection
AT Tampa With stca1 ers tor Key West ANA
Havana on Tuesday, Thursday M Il Saturday
evenings. Pullman bunet Sleeping CAR an"
attached Ia this train ttom Sew York through
to Tam pa, aud the b. IA. Tram from Tampa
through 10 Washington, bih"r lralnE haN"
Chair Parlor Carr.
Direct connection j. made ~ ralatkH with
the Florida Southern Railway to and from
Gainesville. Dcala, leosburE. ANA other points
reached 10y that road. Also with DrklagnhH
river steamers, and with the ~ Johns and
Halifax Railway for Ormond, DaA TOM, etc.
At Huntington with stages Tor Ircsce nj tli4,
at Orange city Junction with u. =. -. 4. a
II. ny. Tor Lake Helen. AT Monroe with Orange
lteit hallway Tor Lonpwood aud Oakland; al
sanford for all points reached ~ south FLOR
ida railroad.
Tram IcaNIng jacksonville g.lu a. ana
arriving 80 y. m connect at IItuhNi H. wlth
steamer "Rocklcdge' to aud from Cocoon,
Rock ledge, Melbourne aud intermediate land
lngs on Indian hiver dairy, except Sundhy.
city Ticket Office. NV cor. Eay and Hogan rts
NJ. X. MORAN.
Gen'l. SuPt. and g. =. A.
l.. G DEFINING. A. q. J.. 4.
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Dinner Parties ut the Hotel.

IL i becoming part Of the social pro
Sramme To give ones entertainments, I'M
less II Is small dinner party or luncheon.
at some restaurant or hotel The excuse
l. that society turns the house inside
out, upside down, and il is such bother
the hostess gladly avaiIs herself of the
handsome rooms i'll a fashionable hotel,
rather than 10 be put 10 SO much trouble.
People who live In big establishments, de
signed with special reference 10 the friv-
olities of social life. rather Scprn the sub
terfuge practiced by owners of .-bijou'
houses; but the fad takes, nevertheless.
Every one cannot include ballroom in
the ground plan of his or her town resi-
dence- Chicago Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29

CONNECTIONS.
AT Paiatka with jacksonville. TamDa Key
West Hallway, and -. Augustine and palatka
Railway. and fast river steamers for -. Au-
gustine, Green Cove Springs. Jacksonville
and all points North, East and West.
Mail trans mai close connection both way 5
wa j. L. n X. W. R'y.. at Jack sonville with At
lanI:c Coast Line. Fast Mail.
At Gainesville with through Pullman sleep
ers over Savannah. Florida Western R'y for
New Orleans. Pensacola. Savannah. Albany.
Montgomery, Louisville. st. Louis ana all
points West.
AT ocala with + orida Railway and Naviga-
tion Co.. and :. :. -. a g.. r. X.
At Aston with 1T. Johns river steamers IL T
Jacksonville. sanford and way landings.
At Leesburg with the 81. Johns and Lake
Eustis division of the FLORIDA Southern Rail-
way. and boats on Lakes Harris. Eusti and
Griffin Tor all points on takes-
At Tampa with steamships NascOtte and
" Whitney every Tuesday Thursday ana -atuT-
day for hey West and Havana.
At Lakeland with South Florids Railroad
for Tampa. kissimmee, Orlando and sanford.
At TTabuc with steamer Alice Howard
for Punta kassa and tori Myers
5. CONAN1, %. W CROMWELL
General Manager Gen' Pass. Agent.
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Landing Provisions in - storm.

early morning hour a reporter fell in with
Capt John Hiends, homeward bound also.
IL was blowing rather fresh and raining,
and the reporter remarked: Rather
rough, cap'n.' Not 80 rough rs IT was
where | was forty years ago to-day" was
the reply. Where was that" Il was
landing provisions at Vera Cruz for the
American army. The soldiers were suf-
fering for food and we took a lot of pro
visions To the mole in n life boat and threw
them ashore and the soldiers, with life
lines around them, waded out in the
water to catch the -four, bacon, etc"
The United States brig Sumner, com
manded by Raphael Semmes, was wrecked
In the same storm near Vera Cruz -
Portland Oregonian
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MONEY

n nMTv 10 be made. cut this out ana
muINR turn TO us. ana " III send you
free. sOmethfr of grear value
and Importance 10 YOU, that will you In
trI -ine-r ~ h ch will bring you in ore m ney
Tiz hr away than anything else in this word.
Anyone ca do the work and live at home;
either sex. all ages. Something new. that
Just coins money for ali workers. We will
start you: Dir al not NJ eded. This IL of
the genu inc. i'm porraBr chances of a lifetime
Those who are ambitious and enterprising
will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
TRUE i Co Augusta. Maine. des Gun
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DATENTS sEf y ON HEAsONABI Y
i t. M work T"lnb q: Tspera carefully
and l. 1aIly drawn. witt Tor particulars.
l.. C0IIs ~ g. Pate ~ Atom y and kechnn
zeal Engineer, -, Cloud building, washing
Ton. n q Deb ~
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
Parker'S InterIdChen Dye Works

IL KINDS OF LADIES SILK AND
~ WOODEN Dresses Dyed and Cleaned with
out ripping. Gent emeu's Clothing Ci, aned
and Dyed in the most perfect manner. Also
Piano and Table Covers, Iambrequins. etc.
F.. r. FA RkA X \ co, agents for PalHtka
and vicinity, Will give you information in re-
gard to pr.ces. etc. del6-ly
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
STEAMBOATS,.
DcBAISY-IBAN-A
Merchants and Peoples Lines.
DAY LINE.

The Daylight Steamers sylvan Glen and
Anita OF the Della y Baya Merchants Line,
viii commence running between Pa atbs.
Sanford and Enterprise. Monday, January "a,
To-. a follows:
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RAILROADS
8 eG335{ilzl.lM
EEl!il:EEI.!lz1IiG}7
DIRECT ALL RAIL ROUTE
BETWEEN
- ACN son WILLIE.

Green Core Spring. PaiGtEG. Gainesville
Ocaid. Lees61rg, DeLano. Enterprise.
TtUsuIie. Sdnford, Sorrento, Tdydres,
WINTER Pars. Orlando. Tampa ana South
srn FLORIDA.
I'M IAhLEIA tttt,T SOY. l4ih. ~.
GoiAG ~otTH.
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RAILROADS
Savannah, Florida & Western
RAILWAY.
WAYCR0SS SHORT LINE.

All tra inc OF this road are run 10y Contra
standard time,
TIM CARD ~ FFrFGT DECEMBER B.
Passenger trains viii l'HNe aud arrive daily
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29

connects ~ TocuI ifh the ta~t ana popular
Sti-amer JOHN SiI.N ESTER, ~ the P'-t
Line. 10 aud r,m Jack SOM ill' plA tnE hour
and - minut'- al -. AuRti-iln''- ANA ititifn "a
.Iar k-sBnNiil. same DAY, making fhIr at~lfhIl'
route tor Tourists. Trains ram into -. AuZti~-
tine. within three miutts-' walk ot the Plaza.
" j. JARNI~ \. =. SHERWOOD.
Gen. -upt Gen, frI ana ftt--. NJ l..
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
PRESIDENTIAL LIFE.
MR. CLEVELANO'S HABITS OF EAT
ING, WORKING AND RESTING.

How He Manages to Resist the Supposed
MaIariaI Influences of the Capital city.
A Methodicai. Painstaking and Thor
ough Man
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29

steamer A. >. Lane makes daily round tTi.s
ON Lakes Harris and Il sits. Steamer DIS
patch makes daily round trips OF Lake Grit
Hn.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29
ACIINE ENpREss


pulmau luirt Sleeping Cars. 10 and from
ia, k~uuNilio Hnd New York, also JHp Jacksonville
o. Cincinnati via Jurup.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-29

NEW ORI.FANs FXpRTss.

l. ullinnu huHrt Cars 20 Hnd from Jackson
~ .Ir ana y " orleans VIA Pensacola End Mo
bile, aud 90 ana from JAG ksouNillr and Louie
VILE via humasNille. Atlanta and Nashville
und Cincinnati "a jack souyille Via Jcsup.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25
A NAN or WEALTH.

Prom TIE faladeioaic ySrii Ia.erfcrn.
While the weathest dealers FseNJprl 10 he
those In Pa tnorr. there hnnred. who have lived
All thsir ives III the te Islands In the rc9ry Of
waters who own real estate ~ cons sraie yalnr and
who their cash d, thousands MANY OF ihes,
peppe are hhierac and w.ihoi. first rIliMenfs o;
fsoef and clad in boe SHIRT and catered sr,y ,,g
wof@lag Vhtr<clo"iy Not s"sie OF taen own six an3
comfortably fnrrlslei AMI who car s,,,
th-ir nnnes to $4,000 or $4,000 cberks AMI
article ana III ,trate The tri,h " hr aaor,in rhrr M.
and TO me manner bora lived oil Land edo,nng ,-i
tta,t belonging tea Nrw.i0rA man Tne pys ermaE ,.i
the gestlrpan from Nsw York psrf visit t. that sec.
con o. country AND Was Bsrnsa sf the Orstermin' .-
manners ana cnst'-s ~ these nm plSticl'et i hos
pinple people DrssS'd In tho height "f fashion. hs
OF hut his tro;ser- 70 TO his knees, m Oil hir MRS
with 10 hat and his hair unkempt He wa, scrubbinf
The New-Yorker icslod surprised AMI concluloi h,
was the victim OF Joke
The salutsiiens Of the d.y were exchanged AMI tho
que.tisn VI The sas 81 tho land brought up
CAV, stranger. air you the man who owns that air
q - am that person." piled tns gentleman in dgni
AND ron want GIT clear ofIti"
have concluded to dispose Of If can secure sat
siac;ory price"
"Sav. stranger. what's your lowest nsur-way down.
81" wer. to give the lowest figures it cash.
Do you think 70 can deall"
"Tt mean, cash. ehi Way down figures give em to
me. Well see about the cash"
Well. ndolbtedy. yon know about its value
$500"
"rhat the lowest, chi" rcfectively "say stranger
whar you fremi"
"New-NOrk City."
"New-York city, he repeated Wont take no
lcssf'
"Iaa Is fair figure. In fact, a sacrifice"
Say, stranger jcs wait TIL git my coat an hat, an
I'll hlni tho bargain"
The gentleman looked at his custo1er In surprise
while the friend whs accompanied hir. and told tbs
story. conld scarcely repress his rlsibtcs. He
climbed nts the wagon role into town, hal the neces-
papers executed got freu to Yre his check for
500 ami went to The bank and drew the mosey and as
be handed II ia the nOnplns ed .enteman h remarked
with "a broad grin; YOl Thought was a-fooin'. but
jist do vn this air way an III yoa check
for hull durn city ot New-Yo.a." AMI he or
with wave OF the hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25

-.,,..a that something alarming and unusual wa
-, IN downstairs The cry of "Murdcr =" was re-
..,ed and he distinctly heard the shrll voice Of Mr..
n.drer screaming Help: hclp!' He dropped the
,oael quickly sad sprnging upon his chair, he clam
,.rcd to the top OF the bookcase and settled himself
there behind It's ornamental front completely hidden
from view. 1t was we'll that he had wasted no time,
for as he drew in his logs tho door burst open, and
old Mugelcby and Mr.. Badger tottercd into tho
room Tho old wheeled swiftly about
and turned the key In the lock Mr.
padrcr gave faint gasp and fell into the arm
chair while footsteps camc bounding up the stairs,
and In another moment a crowbar was pred under the
door and It we. lifted clear on It's hinges Old Mug
slcbv seized that stood against the chimney and
raised n upon his shoulders. Tho door fell with a
crash and two masAod men sIrang into tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25

dey is ter tell Mr. Twtcher beamed on him with an
expression of amazed gratitude. Harvey wrung his
hands till they were limp and blue, and Russell came
to his chair and put both her arms around the
street boys neck and kissed him TIL be blushed Ike
a sho her fingers in among his tangled,
sandy hair and kissed him again and again She pat
ted his cheeks and pulled his ears, and rubbed his
nose. Teddy - she cried, you dear, good. brave
boy What happy Christmas you have given U.S.
Teddy emerged from these embraces with the first
shy feeling he had ever detected in his composition
But II passed away.
"Ef ye had er fixed nc up like dat before went"
he said, ia licked Young Mugglcby's imp hanged
ef wouldnrp
"Do you really think It was ghost. Tcddy7'
" Docs II Wei. Of you'd saw him undon' his
head and chuclin or his an legs. you'd or
fought he all de spook yer cared bout hcvin' fer
Chris mus
Tho force OF this point too Obvious for denial
and then with subducd and forgivIng voices they
talked Of tho dead lying there alone and Harvey
got ready to start ont sick as be 70 find Mr.. Bad
GER and TO that tho Last rites should he dcceny
performed. They talked of Young Mlg.eby Who had
started that very morning for Texas. brute and
coward 10 the last, leaving the protection of his IN
forests to HIS lawyer and the performance OF his du
ties to tho dead to those whom they both had treated
so cruelty.
whom they rose from the table Ha'vcy lcd the way
back irto tho raror with his about Russet, and
together they stood by her fathers sdr
Russell" said Harvey, "whcn are married
New Years Day
"What. Harvey SO SOON"
Yes my children" Mr. Twchcr inerposcd, " the
sooner tho better
"Whcn married. about 10 say Ear-
vey went on, Teddy shJl be our best man.
so he shall. Harvey And when we go back to
old house uptown, he must and live with
49, mustn't hc, fathcrl'
II shall be his home daughter. II Ire will have IT.
Yes and you must go to school, Teddy, aud grow
up like the manly little gentleman you arc"
That's good Harvey added, and then he shall
go into bus ness with me-"
"Or II he prefers to be Doctor" said Russell.
"Or a lawyer" Interrupted Harvey.
cor a clergyman suggested Russell. what
lovely young minister Teddy would make with long
black gown and white surrlicc, standing up In Grace
Church reading the lessons -
Perhaps said the OLD man, smiling. PERHAPS
we'd better let Teddy choose his own destiny WHAT
does thee wish. Teddy, for Christmas prtscntf'
swell, | amt pcItlcklcr," he answered But cf
ye wants ter hA up fer good is git mo Job Ter
RIM dn clcyator.r LLMULI Ely QLlGG.
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7 + LOST Mss.

Put by tic la,f written poem.
" hiIo the Icu, iliy trdiloi 10 my hand,
Write. on Had / word, To- com icte Il.
v hD'd read u, o. who'd undo stand! J"
But the ltilc hart feet GA the stairway,
And the faint. suothcrcd laugh IA tho hail, .
Ana The rcrlc-lJw lisp on the silence,
Cry up 20 me over u all
So gather - whore was broken
The tear faded thrr al uf my thrmc,
Telling how. rs night AT writing,
y fairy hr0lo In on my dream,
A little ia u,,itVc fairy
My oyn lttle girl with the gold
OF the IiH In her hair, and the dcwy
Blue eyes OF the iario, of Old.
Twas the dear llttlc girl that ! scoldcd-
For was II moment like this
said. "whcn she know ] was busy,
To como romplng I'm FOR a kiss
Come rOwdylng up irCm her mUthcr
And rlamOring there at my IncO
For One little kiss for my dolly
And one little uz7cr for me Pp
God pity the heart that repcled her
And the cold hnnd that turned her away
Ana take from tho lips that denied her
This answcrlcss prayer Of To DAY
Take. Lord. from my mem'ry forever
That pitful sob Of despair,
And the pattcr and trip Of the lttle bare feet
And the one piercing FRY on the stair!
I nut by tho half written poem,
While the PEI, IDLY irallrd In my hand,
Writes on " Had words 10 tomplcte IT,
who'd read It. who'd understand"
But the little bare feet on tho stairway,
And the faint. fmotlcrcd laugh I'm the hall,
And the ccre-low lisp on tho silence,
Cry up ~ Inc over Il all.
-lJAMEs wHITcoMB RTLRY.